All articles by Douglas Blakey

Douglas Blakey

AI is changing the world, time to update your data reconciliation

Bob Kaufman explores the importance of integrated and comprehensive payment systems and the positive impact they have on businesses

Payment evolution in mobility: paving the way for future journeys

Pierre Veillon explores the mechanisms we use today to pay for journeys and how payment systems have made travel simpler, faster, and more efficient

Signal: H1 FS patent activity dips, payments remain top theme

First half financial services patent applications and grants are down sharply compared with the last year according to GlobalData’s Disruptor data tool

Aleph unveils Aleph Payments

Unit aims to simplify cross-border payments and credit underwriting starting with the digital ad tech ecosystem

Are virtual wallets the future of payments?

Virtual wallets and mobile payments look to become the future of the payments ecosystem, but their rise will also draw the attention of cybercriminals so providers must implement stringent security measures, writes Tareeq Shaheen

Faster payments face up to future growth for corporates

Charles Bennett discusses the power of real-time payments in the UK and maps out what lies ahead as the faster payments ecosystem evolves

iWallet to adopt FedNow real-time cheque deposits

iWallet provides businesses instant mobile cheque deposits for servicers to accept payments in the field

Mesh payments introduces ‘game-changer’ for business travel

Aim is to redefine travel management and take on conventional, incumbent platforms

PSD3 – What does it mean and how will it advance open banking?

Evolution or revolution? Tom Burton assesses PSD3

Beyond doing good: ESG in Africa

Companies that do ESG well share many of the hallmarks of good, investable companies, explains Funmi Dele-Giwa